DATABASE TRIUMPH TR (1955-1976)

The last of the traditional TR models was built in 1976 when the final TR6 left the Canley production line, but it represented the last of a family which could trace its ancestry back to the early ’50s. In true British motor industry form, Triumph had managed to take the basic design introduced with the TR2 in 1953 and stretch its lifespan to an impressive 23 years. Along the way it gained wind-up windows, independent rear suspension, a couple of extra cylinders and fuel injection and still managed to remain competitive in the face of much more modern opposition. Indeed, the TR7 which followed was a far more modern design but by comparison lasted just six years in the market and failed to capture the imagination in quite the same way despite being better to drive.

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TR3

The story of the TR4 and all the later TRs really begins with the TR3, which was itself descended from the short-lived